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Sept. 16 1924. 1,508,536

a. F. SCHENFIELD FIGURE TOY Filed April 5, 1922 Gearye E Somfiefl affozneq TOY.

Application med A ril 5, 1m. Serial no. team.

through: the body as the center'of the said To all whom may canoe/m:-

Be. it known that I, Gnonon F. Squaw FIELD, a citizen of United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San 'Francisoo, State of California, have in;

vented certain new and useful Imp)rovements in Fi re ,Toys; and I do here y declare the 'flfil owing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in figure toys, andparticularly to toys constructed to simulate the natural movements of animals when the toys are drawn across a surface.

Another object is to provide adevice of this character, which in the present illustration showing one embodiment of the invention, the body ofthe animal is made to move and the hind legs to move synchronously therewith to simulate the jumping of the animal.

Another object is to provide a toy of this character wherein means are provided for producing a rocking motion of-the body of the animal and at. the same time pivotal movement of the hind legs to simulate jumping, the hind legs however, having nothin whatever to do with the movements of the ody. v

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

.In' the drawings:

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a'figure toy made in accordance with the invention, the figure of a rabbit being shown.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal central sectional view through the toy showingthe mounting of the whml and its engagement with the hind legs.

Referring particularly to the accompanyin drawing 10. represents the body of a rabbit, to the front portion of which is secured the transverse axle 11, having on its ends the ground or floor engaging wheels 12.

Disposed transversely through the lower portion of the body, rearwardly of the axle 1s a second axle or shaft 13;, and mounted eccentrically on this axle and movable'into and out of the body is a floor or ground engaging wheel 14. Formed transversely through the body above and rearwardly of the axle 11 is an arcuate slot 15, and formed are and rearwardly thereof is-an opening 16, through which is disposed a pivot pin 17. Mounted on eachend of the pin 17 is a block or plate 18, cut into a shape in imitation of the hind leg of a rabbit. Extendmg through the slot 15 and having its ends secured in the upper forward portions of the legs 18 is a pin 19, whereby the said plates and the pin 19 form a unitary leg member structure.

It will be noted that the wheel 14 is so mounted that, when rotated, the portion farthest from the pivot thereof will pass across the slot 15 and thereby engage with the pin 19, so as to lift or swing the legs 18 upwardly on their-pivot 17. After the wheel has .crossed the slot, the legs .fall by gravity, bringing the pin 19 to the lower end of the slot 15. Thus, as the toy is drawn across the floor, the wheel 1& willrotate causing the rear end of the body to be lifted from the floor while at the same time the wheel engages with the pin 19 to swing the legs 18 upwardly in imitation of the springing or jumping action of the rabbit. This motion is continued as long as the toy is drawn across a surface with the result that the toy appears to be performing a series of jumps. Attention is'called to the fact that while the legs 18 are moved to simulate the action of the hind legs of a rabbit when jumping, the wheel 14 produces all of the motion of the body, the legs, however, having nothing to do with: the lifting or pushing action between the floor and the body of'the toy.

What is claimed is:

1. A figure toy comprising a body adapted to be drawn across the surface, a leg member movably carried by'the body and normally gravitating toward the surface, and a rotatable surface engaging eccentric member mounted in the body and intermittently engaging with the leg member to lift the same away from the surface and simultaneously lower one end ofthe body toward some away from the surface during it port of its rotetion and simultaneously lower the rear of the body end to elevate the rear of the body while st the some time releesing the leg member to permit the letter to grevitete towerd the surface.

o 3. A figure toy comprising at body heving leg members pivotelly mounted on-the reer portion of the body, at snrfece engnging wheel eccentricelly mounted eppronimntely centrally within the body, the body heving e transverse opening concentric with the pivot of the le. members, end it transverse member extending through the opening end connected with the leg members for engegement by the said wheel during it part of the rotetion thereof to roclr the le members in e direction ewnytrom the snrtece.

A figure toy comprising e body heving e surface engeging rolling fulcrum on its forwerd end, at snrtece engaging rolling com mounted intermediate the ends oi? the bod toy eleveting endlowerin the body wit respect to the fulcrum, on e, pivoted leg member mounted in the reer end of the body normally grevitnting towerd the surface, said leg member being intermittently engeged by the com tor movement away from the surface es the body is lowered.

5., A figure toy comprising e body hnving neostse e surfece engnging rolling fulcrum on its front end, e le member movebl mounted in the reer en oi the body on normally revitoting towerd the snrtece, end n snr= tee-e engeging com mounted in the body in= termediete the idle end lee membertor elevnting end lowering the body on its tnl or end for engegement with the leg member end movement thereof townrd the enrifece during the period of elevetion of the body from the snrtece. 1

6. A figure toy comprising o grevitnting body hevmg n rolling crnm to rolling com for eleveting the body, end e leg memher normelly grevitetin towerd e surface end into the peth of t e com for lifting movement by seid com.

7. A figure toy comprisin n body having; e rolling fulcrum nt one end, to rolling com set the other end, end it normelly grnvite'ting leg member cerried by seid other end and intermittently engaged end lifted by the cemi In testimony whereof, l or: my signetnre, m the presence ot two witnesses.

GEQRGE F SCl-lENFlldLl).

Witnesses:

B P. Gormimr, Q, C. EEINSIEIAWD 

